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How the Office Housework Trap Still Holds Women Back
Episode 131 of Women at Work with Fexingo digs into a persistent, often invisible career barrier: the office housework trap. Lucas and Luna explore how women are disproportionately assigned non-promotable tasks—like taking notes, planning events, and onboarding new hires—while men take on high-visibility, high-reward projects. They reference a 2018 Harvard Business Review study by Linda Babcock, Maria Recalde, and Lise Vesterlund, which found that women volunteer for non-promotable tasks 48% more often than men. The hosts discuss the career cost: women who say yes to office housework spend an…
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